Beijing Review

Every year, the National People’s Congress (NPC), the highest state organ of power, and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, the top political advisory body, hold full sessions to deliberate matters relev

China’s Internet of Things (IoT) sector is expected to log strong expansion in the coming years, and the country’s number of IoT connections will reach close to 10.25 billion by 2026, according to a report from global market research firm Internation

China has officially rolled out its across-the-board registration-based initial public offering (IPO) system with relevant rules becoming effective on February 17, according to the country’s securities regulator. Of milestone significance in the refo

Xie Zhenhua, China’s special envoy for climate change, received the Nobel Sustainability Trust (NST) Foundation’s Sustainability Award on February 21 in Stockholm, Sweden, for his outstanding contribution to global sustainable development. Born in Ti

• All power in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) belongs to the people. • The organs through which the people exercise state power are the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the local people’s congresses at all levels. • The NPC of the PRC is th

The Two Sessions, or lianghui in Chinese, refer to the annual meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee in Beijing. The meetings normally take place in March

My past five years as a deputy to the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) have been most fulfilling. During my term, I have put forth a good number of suggestions. Some have been successfully acted upon while others are still in progress. Whatever

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi paid a state visit to China from February 14 to 16 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. He was the first Middle East leader Beijing received after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of Chin

U.S. President Joe Biden presented the State of the Union (SOTU) address on February 7, his third major speech since assuming office in January 2021. It occurred within the context of a turbulent political climate and an upcoming presidential electio

The devastation of American military intervention remains fresh and painful in Afghanistan, leaving many Afghans angry at the U.S. and NATO for their failures, and for the crushing economic and humanitarian disasters that followed the fall of the Wes

The words “Made in China” appear on products hitting the shelves world-wide every day. But the innovative power behind the word “made” often tends to get overlooked. Recent years have seen repeated U.S. crackdowns on Huawei, a Chinese information and

A piece of Tibetan tapestry with images of three angels stood out when Tanzin Chinleh live-streamed to introduce the products in his store on February 11. “It is a tailored handmade product we are going to promote this year,” the 32-year-old told vie

Xiao Du, a 28-year-old accountant living in Qingdao, Shandong Province, is the proud owner of no fewer than six cats and one dog, all of whom she found on the street. “My pets’ medical expenses amount to some 6,000 yuan ($873) every year. But my pet

The Wandering Earth II, a Chinese sci-fi blockbuster, has attracted both Chinese and overseas audiences since it hit the screens on January 22. The film, the prequel to the 2019 hit The Wandering Earth, tells the story of humans saving Earth from the

Is China losing its status as the “workshop of the world,” and will it be replaced by countries such as Viet Nam and India? Some say they already have abundant examples to support this argument. For example, U.S. semiconductor giant Intel is to inve

Migrant worker Zhu Yanjun left audiences in awe as he won the silver medal on China Central Television’s (CCTV) Chinese Poetry Conference, a show that tests its competitors’ memorization and recitation of classical and modern Chinese poetry, on Febru

When pioneering journalist Eliza Scidmore, National Geographic’s first official female writer, photographer and board member, visited Beijing in 1899, she wrote a 20-page rapturous article about the city’s architecture. What I found curious was its a